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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 6251217" data-attributes="member: 3192"><p>What you have in Fellowship of the Ring is a mixed level group running average on treasure for a high level group.</p><p></p><p>If D&D Next is 20 levels, then Aragorn begins in the mid to high teens. He is one of the most accomplished and storied warriors of the North.</p><p></p><p>Boromir is powerful in court due to his lineage, but is clearly a low to mid teens fighter. He has fought and led battles much of his life.</p><p></p><p>Legolas and Gimli are also warriors. They probably start around 8 to 10, are known in their homelands, and have powerful equipment. Each are straight fighters, but specialize in different fighting styles. They too have been playing this campaign for quite some time.</p><p></p><p>Gandalf is a high level wizard, one of only a handful in the setting, and an NPC. This isn't his first campaign. His adventuring started 1000s of years ago. He's an allied, good-aligned quasi-deity and an associate to everyone. He begins with strong ties to Aragorn and Frodo.</p><p></p><p>Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin all start at 0-level. They gain training during breaks while travelling to become fighters. By the start of book 3 they each have maybe 2-3 levels. Their lack of ability is compensated for by the rest of the party distributing magic items to them to increase their power based upon the difficulty of the threats the others believe they all must face together. This gifting keeps happening throughout the books until they are out of allied lands.</p><p></p><p>Strangely, what might be happening is 4 players with their high level PCs are each playing a newbie hobbit PC too and running them at the same time as the game requires. It would be interesting to figure out which pairs up with which. Of course, the party splits up after not too long. One dies. And two of the low level PCs go way, way out of bounds for what they can handle. All the time carrying a cursed major artifact, which they fear to use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 6251217, member: 3192"] What you have in Fellowship of the Ring is a mixed level group running average on treasure for a high level group. If D&D Next is 20 levels, then Aragorn begins in the mid to high teens. He is one of the most accomplished and storied warriors of the North. Boromir is powerful in court due to his lineage, but is clearly a low to mid teens fighter. He has fought and led battles much of his life. Legolas and Gimli are also warriors. They probably start around 8 to 10, are known in their homelands, and have powerful equipment. Each are straight fighters, but specialize in different fighting styles. They too have been playing this campaign for quite some time. Gandalf is a high level wizard, one of only a handful in the setting, and an NPC. This isn't his first campaign. His adventuring started 1000s of years ago. He's an allied, good-aligned quasi-deity and an associate to everyone. He begins with strong ties to Aragorn and Frodo. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin all start at 0-level. They gain training during breaks while travelling to become fighters. By the start of book 3 they each have maybe 2-3 levels. Their lack of ability is compensated for by the rest of the party distributing magic items to them to increase their power based upon the difficulty of the threats the others believe they all must face together. This gifting keeps happening throughout the books until they are out of allied lands. Strangely, what might be happening is 4 players with their high level PCs are each playing a newbie hobbit PC too and running them at the same time as the game requires. It would be interesting to figure out which pairs up with which. Of course, the party splits up after not too long. One dies. And two of the low level PCs go way, way out of bounds for what they can handle. All the time carrying a cursed major artifact, which they fear to use. [/QUOTE]
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